Beginning Painting

Beginning Painting

from 140.00

Still-life has been an integral tool of the artists used to convey metaphor since at least the early Renaissance when Northern European Painters like Jan Van Eyck included fruits, mirrors, textiles, and animals to symbolize social status. In this class, we will discover the process of these Northern European painters who used an indirect painting method that relied on drawing with white tempera paint on top of oscillating glazes of color. Students will study still-life to learn the proper and practical use of artists's materials and techniques and to develop a basic set of painting skills that will help to understand and analyze visual problems. Students will be encouraged to bring materials to set up a personal still-life, and we will discuss proper compositional arrangements. This course is for beginners and advanced students who would like to learn a new technique. Additionally, this class serves as an introduction to water mixable oil paints and will use them throughout the course. Students will leave the class with a complete still-life painting.